We started planting the spring crops on the 19th March into fairly good conditions considering the amount of winter rainfall we have had this year. It's one advantage of having Cotswold Brash soil; which is very thin and has a deep layer of Limestone...

It was an early start for Robert and me today for the 2.5 hour drive West to Waitsburg, in the neighbouring state of Washington. We headed there to meet wheat breeder Jean-Bruno Beaufume' who works for Limagrain. We had a great meeting with Jean-Bruno...

Sunday morning arrived all too quickly after a late night in the bar; continuing the discussions after Steve Larocque's excellent presentation; dancing, talking and letting our hair down (those of us that have any). We even got restricted in the bar...

On Tuesday this week we had a visit from Overbury Grasshoppers our local village nursery. We took them up on a tractor and trailer to our small patch of Christmas trees for them to select one for their nursery. They wanted a little 4 ft one that was nice...